this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: the prime minister says it's likely that the one—metre rule could be scrapped onjune the 21st in england — the date when the remaining legal rules on social contact are due to end. social distancing as we currently have to do it, the one metre plus, i think we've got a good chance, a good chance of being able to dispense with the one metre plus. president biden�*s secretary of state, antony blinken, is in london for a g7 meeting with foreign secretary dominic raab. the talks are the first to take place face—to—face following the pandemic. warnings of a sharp rise in hate crimes against people of an asian background since the start of the pandemic. the premier league is bringing in a new owners�* charter to stop future attempts to join a breakaway super league.

it follows protests at old trafford yesterday over the club's attempt to join the new competition. and coming up — new research on whic and coming up, the new research on which bottle of wine is

yesterday the foreign secretary said that there would be some safeguards that would be necessary beyond that, perhaps social distancing, perhaps the use of masks. the government is reviewing all these documents. but today, borisjohnson out on the campaign trail for the hartlepool by—election, sounded pretty optimistic. it also looks to me as though june 21st we will be able to say, you know, social distancing as we currently had to do it, the one metre plus, ithink we've got a good chance, a good chance of being able to dispense with the one metre plus. from the 21st ofjune. now, that is still dependent on the data. we can't state it categorically yet. we've got to look at the epidemiology as we progress. where we get to with the disease, but that's what it feels like to me right now.

social distancing as we know it now, then, according to the prime minister there, at least, could well be gone as ofjune 21. but as i say, all of this is subject to a review which is ongoing at the moment, notwithstanding what the prime minister has just sat there. it's been interesting to see labour�*s approach to the various responses of the government, lockdowns at various times, going back to keir starmer�*s call for the circuit breaker in the middle of last year which went unheeded. at this point, it sounds like they're hedging their bets slightly, but sir keir starmer, the labour leader, was asked about this, out on the campaign trail earlier today, and sounding, again, relatively optimistic, but urging caution still. i think all of us want to see the restrictions eased, of course we do, but we also want to make sure that we don't go into another lockdown, so we have to be cautious and careful. i will listen to what

the scientists say. there are a number of weeks to run until the 21st ofjanuary. i hope we get to a situation where we can ease the restrictions, but we've got to be led by the science on this. sojune 21 is the date, as i say, the end of stage four of the road map out of lockdown in england when all legal restrictions are due to be lifted. big events will still be limited and we could well still be living with some of the aspects of life that we've become used to, the aspects of life that we've got used to in the pandemic beyond that. now, you said stage four. stage�*s obviously the 17th of may and there's a lot of interest in that from anybody who is contemplating travelling abroad, whetherfunny holiday family reasons. we're expecting some detail as it, aren't we, but we're also getting noises of important players like heathrow airport, saying, hang on a minute, have you got the infrastructure in place to cope with a sudden surge of people wanting to travel abroad 7

and perhaps more importantly, wanting to come back again after they've been on their holiday or theirfamily trip. yeah, it's two weeks really, amid hopes to be able to allow international travel to resembles that of course, there hasn't been a blanket ban for some time in place now. the debate really is picking up, as you suggest. we've got political debate about whether it's the right thing to do, but also various voices, whether it's unions representing airport workers, the travel industry and others, all having their say. and i think it's fair to say the government wants to go as far as it can, soon as it can, but only if it deems travel to be safe. and at the question is, well, how exactly do you decide what is safe? we have had some thoughts today from a cross—party group of mps, the all party parliamentary group on coronavirus, informal grouping in parliament who are really working quite strongly that the government should not be encouraging international travel at all. they say that there is a concern around people mixing at airports in arrival halls coming back from different countries.

that those environments could become a breeding ground for infection. and they are also raising concerns about false certificates which people are using to travel without a genuine and negative test result. conversely, i was listening to ben bradshaw on the radio at lunchtime, on the world at one, he is on the transport select committee, mp for exeter and devon, saying lots of countries are relying on the lateral flow test and saying this is enough. the cost is an issue of the test. it is an added burden, as well, which will be faced regardless of how quickly and how extensively the restrictions on travel are lifted. one other interesting intervention from the eu, regardless of what the uk decides to do in terms of allowing people to travel to other countries and the restrictions on quarantine and testing that are required, the message from the continent is to come up to eu member

states at least a country should live restriction to open up their borders to people from other countries, in the wording of the eu commission where there is a good epidemiological situation and also to people who are fully vaccinated. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has been holding talks with the new us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who's on his first visit to london sincejoe biden became president. the discussions take place before britain hosts foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations in what will be their first face—to—face meeting for more than two years. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. america's top diplomat arriving in london for the first time since team trump was swept away by team biden. and while the politics and style may have changed, when it comes to world affairs, the message remains the same. what we have witnessed over the last several years is china acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad.

it is the one country in the world that has the military, economic, diplomatic capacity to undermine or challenge the rules—based order that we care so much about. and it is defending that international order that will be top of the agenda as g7 foreign ministers meet face—to—face for the first time in two years. above all, how to protect open societies from authoritarian ones, including mechanisms to respond rapidly to misinformation and cyber attacks from russia and elsewhere. the pandemic, of course, will overshadow this meeting with delegates talking through masks and screens after daily on—site tests. their focus not only india, but also new ways of getting vaccines to poor countries. they will also agree measures to tackle famine and encourage millions more girls into school, something that will prompt accusations of hypocrisy

against the governmentjust as it cuts foreign aid for both. accusations of hypocrisy against the governmentjust as it the economic circumstances we find ourselves in as a direct result of coronavirus has meant that we have had to make some difficult decisions with regard to our aid budget. nevertheless, in both percentage terms and in absolute terms, the uk remains one of the most generous aid donors in the world. so, for the host of this meeting, the foreign secretary dominic raab, a tricky path to walk. how to show global leadership while also saving money. well, for more on this we can speak now to raffaello pantucci, who's the senior associate fellow at rusi, the royal united services institute. good to speculate again, thank you for being with us on bbc news —— to speak to you again. what you think is the significance? the speak to you again. what you think is the significance?— is the significance? the bigger significance — is the significance? the bigger significance of _ is the significance? the bigger significance of this _ is the significance? the bigger significance of this meeting i is the significance? the bigger significance of this meeting asi is the significance? the bigger - significance of this meeting as they are meeting in person in some way south of n at this day and age of

covid restrictions, travel complexes, tests wherever you go, the meetings you have in person have an extra significance to them. ordinarily, four minutes, the foreign ministers will be travelling council, meeting each other going places. but we havejust council, meeting each other going places. but we have just seen with the prime minister's cancelled a visit to india, it is now very difficult to travel so when people do actually meet, it gives it that extra significance and strengthens the point of that particular partnership or encounter. what are auoin to partnership or encounter. what are going to be — partnership or encounter. what are going to be the _ partnership or encounter. what are going to be the most _ partnership or encounter. what are going to be the most important - going to be the most important issues for them to discuss a face—to—face? i issues for them to discuss a face-to-face?_ issues for them to discuss a face-to-face? ~' , , ., , face-to-face? i think it seems as thou . h face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's — face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's is _ face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's is going _ face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's is going to - face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's is going to be - face-to-face? i think it seems as though china's is going to be top| face-to-face? i think it seems as l though china's is going to be top of the agenda or near the top and climate change will be a big issue. the uk is hosting cop26 later this year and there has been a lot of effort going into that to make sure there are all the agreements on the table. but i suspect thinking about china and russia in particular and with some of the media coverage we have seen over the past few days around iran, one suspects that will also be on the agenda as well so i

think, really, the point of this g7 meeting, and the fact it is kind of an expanded g7, we have india, south korea and other diplomats that is well shows that this idea has been foregrounded and there is a sort of alliance of democracies that is standing up to the authoritarian powers. i think there is a g7 is very much going to be focused on trying to breathe some life into that concept. trying to breathe some life into that concept-— that concept. that is very interesting _ that concept. that is very interesting because - that concept. that is very - interesting because particularly dominic raab, british foreign secretary, has put a lot of emphasis on things like press freedom, human rights. he is of a human rights lawyer when he worked as a civil servant himself. that immediately raises the question of how you handle russia because there was a time when we talked rhetorically about the g8 because people were very keen to sort of a wrapped russia into this part of the system to make them a player and therefore make them perhaps feel they wanted to kind of come along and align there art they can a lot of foreign policy issues. what happened to that? about him is there then, he is

here now, but there has been no change of leadership in russia —— put in was there then. what explains any change? —— brassneck so the non—russian side, russia was my decision to invade i think that was the point at which russia was a sort of booted out. russia was a sort of booted out. russia is no longer participating or willing to participate by the rules we are led by so if you're not going to get out of this country, we're not going to let you be part of a grouping because it no longer make sense. i think there is always the desire and sense that russia could be part of this, but what we have seen over the past four years as a hardening on the russian side in particular. and a reciprocal hardening on the western side on the sort of us and european side. and it goes down this path of sin, russia sees, i think, goes down this path of sin, russia sees, ithink, these goes down this path of sin, russia sees, i think, these other powers as trying to change it fundamentally and to disrupt putin's grip on

leadership and they were things, no, this kind of russia, the behaviour it is undertaking is not the behaviour of a power which should have a seat at the table which at once. i think we have had a real divergence there which has really hardened and the fact that mr putin's has stayed in paris throughout this period does not really reflect strength on their side but reflects, frankly, an authoritarian power that has kept a very firm grip on control. if authoritarian power that has kept a very firm grip on control.— very firm grip on control. if you flat start very firm grip on control. if you fiat start on — very firm grip on control. if you flat start on iran _ very firm grip on control. if you flat start on iran and, - very firm grip on control. if you flat start on iran and, in - flat start on iran and, in particular, the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, a lot is about finding a way to pay money back to them that britain was about america's sanctions has been a bit of a stumbling block and this. to think there is a way to find a way through on this issue? i think there is a way to find a way through on this issue?— think there is a way to find a way through on this issue? i think the discussion on _ through on this issue? i think the discussion on iran _ through on this issue? i think the discussion on iran is _ through on this issue? i think the discussion on iran is going - through on this issue? i think the discussion on iran is going to - through on this issue? i think the discussion on iran is going to be l discussion on iran is going to be less around these individuals, with it is properly unanimous respect of any the uk and us they would like them released —— unanimous perspective. but to unlock the iran

situation which became much, much worse under president trump and get it on the way it was before which seem to becoming more stable. great to seak to seem to becoming more stable. great to speak to you. _ seem to becoming more stable. great to speak to you, thank _ seem to becoming more stable. great to speak to you, thank you _ seem to becoming more stable. great to speak to you, thank you very much. this and the uk vaccine rollout has just hit another milestone. the department of health says that the totaljabs delivered to people in the uk has now hit 50 million. that's one in four adults who have had two jabs. in a tweet, heath secretary matt hancock hailed the latest figure as a "massive achievement". it comes as the country continues in its path out of lockdown. restrictions on the number of mourners who can attend a funeral in england are being lifted. the legal limit of 30 will be removed at the next stage of the easing of the lockdown, which is expected to be on the 17th of may. in scotland, up to 50 people can gatherfor a funeral, while there are no legal limits in wales and in northern ireland.

sports now and with the latest, some bad news as well as a much happier news, here is austin. we stuck with it but because the premier league say they will bring in a new owner charter to stop future attempts to join another breakaway super league. the premier league and fa release statements this afternoon saying they're working with the government to protect the integrity of the football community. the premier league said they are "determined to hold the clubs accountable for their decisions and actions". and added that, with the help of the fa, they will impose "additional rules and regulations to ensure the league's principals are protected". and introduce a new charter that all club owners wil be required to sign, commiting them to the "core principles of the league". meanwhile, the manchester united supporters trust have urged the glazer family to engage more

with fans, to avoid a repeat of the protests seen at old trafford yesterday. in an open letter to the club's owners, they've asked for the family to appoint independent directors to the club's board. around 200 united fans invaded old trafford to show their frustration yesterday, causing their premier league game against liverpool to be postponed. well, united have released a statement today saying this they "remain committed to dialogue and engagement with our fans through the fans forum and other appropriate channels". well here's ian stirling from the supporters trust. yesterday was about the strength of feeling from supporters and this isn'tjust feeling from supporters and this isn't just manchester feeling from supporters and this isn'tjust manchester united fans. this is a fight for the whole of football. you have seen what has been good at other clubs as well, particularly from the big six. do i think manchester united supporters willjust meekly go away with their tails between their legs and not pursue this? i don't. but i will push as a supporter trust and going

for changing regulations. now, it's the last day of the world snooker championship in sheffield. three—time champion mark selby against shaun murphy in the final. and there's a full house inside the crucible to watch the drama unfold. crowds have increased throughout the tournament with 980 in for the final. the first capacity crowd at a sporting event in the uk, for more than a year. after an eight—month season of silence and of social distancing, we are about to hear the crucible roar like never before. wild cheering it is great to hear the noise of a crowd like that again. and these are the live scenes from inside the crucible now... selby had a 10 frames to 7 lead overnight —

but murphy has cut that lead to two frames now. selby still ahead though, by 13 frames to ii — i8 needed for victory. you can follow the action throughout the day on bbc 2. and a match between the kolkata knight riders and royal challengers bangalore, in cricket's indian premier league, has been postponed after two players contracted coronavirus. kolkata, whose team includes england one—day captain eoin morgan, says — varun chakravarthy and sandeep warior — were both found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. it's been reported that chakravarthy left the bio—secure bubble to go for a scan on a shoulder problem. they will no doubt investigated, but i am hoping, they will no doubt investigated, but iam hoping, at least they will no doubt investigated, but i am hoping, at least from an ipl and a sport perspective purely, that this remains an isolated example as we saw master in dubai. and indeed, on england's tour of india as well

and, indeed, pakistan's tourto on england's tour of india as well and, indeed, pakistan's tour to new zealand as well that there where these are breaches or people infected and the authorities were concerned —— concerned were able to take the necessary precautions and allow the game to go on. and dan evans' brilliant clay—court season continues. the british number one is through to the second round of the madrid masters after beating france'sjeremy chardy in three sets. evans reached the semi—finals of the monte carlo masters last month, and is looking more and more comfortable on the clay. he took the opening set on a tiebreak. chardy then took the second in the same way, but evans was too good in the decider, sealing it 6—2. he'll face eitherjohn millman or hubert hurcatch in the second round. that's all the sport for now. i told you there was some good news and there. for the leadership of the democratic unionist party.

the leader of the party's mps at westminster faces competition from stormont�*s agriculture minister, edwin poots. the current dup leader arlene foster resigned last week and stands down at the end of may. sirjeffrey�*s anouncement co—incided with today's 100th anniversary of the formation of northern ireland. a rather subdued commemoration of the centenary of the important date in the history of northern ireland and the republic of ireland. earlier our ireland correspondent, chris page, explained who would be northern ireland's first minister if sirjeffrey won the contest, given he is a serving mp in westminster. the thinking would be, i think, if sirjeffrey donaldson won, he would lead unionism, lead the democratic unionist party, the largest unionist party, from westminster, remain sitting in the house of commons, and then he would nominate somebody else in the assembly party to take over the role as first minister. that is...

sirjeffrey has not explicitly said what his plans would be if he is elected as dup leader. there had been talked before they split in two leading roles in the party, that the leader would not necessarily be first minister and it looks like that will the case if his leadership rival edwin poots is the new dup leader. he is currently agriculture minister in the stormont executive but has let it be known that if we becomes dup leader, he will not be putting himself forward to be first minister. thatjob will go to somebody else in the party and mr poots sees his role primarily as party leader and his priority will be preparing for the stormont assembly election. so whetherjeffrey donaldson or mr poots becomes leader of their party, it is highly likely that neither will be the first minister at stormont. so we could even envisage a triple leadership

with poots as leader, two other people, sirjeffrey at westminster and someone as first minister. obviously, it will presumably be down to the mps, the mlas who chose. is there much commemoration taking place to mark the 100 years of partition? i think it is fair to say there are a few minor events going on. there are other events planned for later on in the year, obviously. one of the major reasons why today is not being marked by major events is the pandemic. sir geoffrey dunn is a their stay is symbolic especially for unionists, it is not surprising he has taken this day to announce his run for leadership. it is one of the anniversaries, northern ireland, that is looked on it by different people

with different perspectives. unionists see it as the birthday of the state they value, the state that secured a place in the united kingdom for irish —— but for irish nationalists, though it is the anniversary of the petition of the island of ireland and a source of great injustice. some will want to celebrate the centenary, others will want to ignore it, or even lament it, you could say. but nonetheless, it is generating lots and lots of debate, not just about the past in northern ireland, but about its present and, of course, its future. chris page there. the good news in terms of figures as there has only been one death recorded of someone who has tested positive in the previous eight days. for coronavirus. obviously, that has one death in a 2k hours until monday. it is a bank holiday weekend, it is a bank holiday weekend, it is a bank holiday weekend and the whole of the uk, which is not obviously true of all a bank holiday so there may be a lie,

people have died but their deaths have not been registered yet. but nonetheless, the trend is clearly down. similarly, on the reports of infections, and a 2041 was to monday, 1649 new cases of covid—19 were reported. —— and in the 24 hours to monday. i give you a figure earlier saying they had vaccinated 50 million people and that is one in four adults,, 50 million people and that is one in fouradults,, one 50 million people and that is one in four adults,, one in four adults have had their both vaccines. actually, forgive me, the total figure is 34.59 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine so it has gone up by 0.08 million in the previous 24 hours what has been a busy weekend for health professionals and volunteers

willing at vaccines. this weekend football clubs and their players have been boycotting social media in protest over online abuse and racism. police in london alone say the number of hate crimes against people of an asian background have trebled since the start of the pandemic. but campaigners and authorities agree many more go unreported. the bbc�*s special correspondent fergal keane has been meeting victims of the attacks. one old white lady, she uses herfinger, points to me and screams at me, saying, "yol- chinese, - you have the chinese virus, just go back to your country". translation: when the train - was approaching camden road station, the tall, young white man who was sat next to me started making a noise, trying to get phlegm up from his throat. and when the train stopped at the station, he spat at me. i was on my way home and this kid shouted "coronavirus" at me. - there was no one else in the street and it was directed at me, - and this happened at the start of the pandemic. _

anti—asian racism didn't begin with the pandemic, but victims say it has escalated dramatically. this has exploded since the beginning of the virus. this really affects both the emotions and mental health and the whole atmosphere in the community. dr pong wang was jogging near his home in southampton when racist comments were shouted from a car. they punched me on my face and my nose was badly hit. the physical injury can be healed very easily, but most importantly, it is the inner side. how do you restore yourfaith in humans? ..not just your nose but your mouth, your eyes, your hair, your voice. the fear around coronavirus has helped inflame xenophobic attitudes around the world. conspiracy theories have spread online.

and victims told us the rhetoric of some leaders caused enduring harm. donald trump: the chinese virus. ..kung flu. ..the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world, china. the issues in america transfer themselves over to the uk quite regularly, and obviously, that is in the media regularly as well. so it gives a voice to people and somebody as powerful as trump, with his views, emboldened the racists. it is an atmosphere in which older prejudices have revived. dan su's supermarket symbolises a korean family that is fully integrated into british society. but recently, his wife and baby daughter were racially abused in an affluent west london suburb. i remember very clearly feeling how sad i was. it was my first reaction. because this is the country that i was born in and i grew

up in, and i love... ..everything about this country. communities long established in britain, part of the country's culturalfabric, are being targeted. the sense of belonging, reflected in london's chinese new year celebrations, is challenged by racism. now, an opposition mp of chinese descent wants tougher policing of hate crime. we've got to get really tough with social media sites that allow and spread hatred online, and as well as that dehumanising kind of rhetoric and racism, there is, on the other hand as well, this racism that is a conspiracy theory, that we are trying to take over the world. in these and many other lives, the politics of the pandemic and superpower rivalries have unleashed fear. but also, a determination to confront prejudice. translation: i am not a virus.

why did he spit at me and discriminate against me? just because i look asian, it doesn't mean i'm a virus. fergal keane, bbc news.

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